I walked along alone, dead to the silence within me and oblivious to the havoc around me. Day in and day out existing only to acquire the next soul numbing substance. I was lost with no where to go and no place to call home. Such is the life of a drug addict.
Hopeless and empty, I had "strayed from the path of understanding and had come to rest in the company of the dead (Proverbs 21:16)."
On a park bench my weary soul cried out, "there has to be a better way." Someone reached out and gave me a hand. Outreach did not see my impossible situation, Outreach saw a life with possibilities.
Because someone reached out to me, I am no longer alone, but I have a friend that is closer than a brother. The silence within me was replaced with a song of praise in my heart. The soul numbing substance was replaced with the life giving Word. I have a home, a family, and a blessed assurance that Jesus is MINE!
Jan McKinnon
